Deco bookend identification help

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by NTC Collector, Apr 6, 2022.

  1. NTC Collector

    NTC Collector Well-Known Member

    Hi all, I’ve had this pair of deco bookends for a long time but have not been able to find the maker. Looks to me to be a Lorenzl or French style but assuming a copy by an American maker like JB Hirsch? They each measure 15cm high (figures alone 13cm). Does anyone know? Many thanks.

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  2. Roaring20s

    Roaring20s Well-Known Member

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  3. NTC Collector

    NTC Collector Well-Known Member

    Thanks @Roaring20s that's them but yes I’d be highly surprised if they were from the 80s. I’d think 30s or 40s if not earlier. The celluloid heads aren’t something I’ve seen in more recent deco copies.
     
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  4. milestoneks

    milestoneks Active Member

    They do resemble Hirsch's work. Maybe a mark under the felt?
     
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  5. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    There appears to be something under the back of the collar. Numbers?

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  6. NTC Collector

    NTC Collector Well-Known Member

    Wow well spotted @say_it_slowly it’s tough to see but says PAT. PEND. - so patent pending would give me further reason to think an American company and either between wars or soon after WW2 when lots of French molds were taken to USA (or could have been a local copy made too).
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  7. NTC Collector

    NTC Collector Well-Known Member

    Thanks @milestoneks - one of the felt pieces is loose but alas nothing underneath.
     
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    NTC Collector Well-Known Member


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